Enabling Intelligent, Event-Driven RFID Systems and Sensor Networks

Radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensor technologies are rapidly becoming critical tools for turning asset location and environment data into valuable business information. Sybase iAnywhere provides developers and system integrators with the infrastructure and resources they need to provide cost-effective solutions that leverage and integrate RFID, sensor and location-tracking data.

Our comprehensive RFID architecture enables companies to extend, expand and mobilize information from RFID and sensor devices throughout the enterprise as determined by existing technology investments, immediate priorities and future objectives. It offers development and runtime environments, management capabilities and a distributed architecture that implement business logic and data filtering. These powerful features simplify the software development process and ensure that only the most valuable and useful information flows to the enterprise.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

RFID Anywhere Software
RFID Anywhere integrates business logic and processes with a variety of automatic data collection and sensor technologies, including passive and active RFID readers, RFID printers, barcode scanners, mobile devices, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), location-tracking systems, environmental sensors and feedback mechanisms. This powerful RFID software infrastructure simplifies development, deployment, configuration and management tasks for highly distributed, multi-site, intelligent sensor networks, and abstracts the interaction with the network of devices. By using RFID Anywhere, sensors are able to work together to form an intelligent network by combining, organizing and coordinating these technologies through a common management structure, advanced feature set and event-driven development framework.

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